Pajaro River Bench Excavation Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012032019
Lead Agency
Santa Cruz County
Document Title
Pajaro River Bench Excavation Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
5/14/2012
Present Land Use
Agriculture/Commercial Agriculture
Document Description
The project proposes to excavate excess sediment from select locations along the upper terrace benches inside the Pajaro River levees in order to improve the flood carrying capacity of the levee system. The proposed project would create a two-year floodplain to re-establish flow levels at bankfull capacity. The proposed bench excavation project is also specifically designed to relieve the magnitude and severity of potential flooding caused by failure of the Pajaro River levees. Modeling results have determined that a volume up to 336,000 cubic yards could be excavated from eleven locations along 7.5 miles of the levee benches between Highway 1 and Murphy Road Crossing. The excavation sites span 39.1 acres and include nine excavation sites within Santa Cruz County, and two sites within Monterey County.
Contact Information
Name
Kathleen Molloy Previsich
Agency Name
Santa Cruz County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Watsonville
Counties
Monterey, Santa Cruz
Cross Streets
SR 1 and the Pajaro River
Zip
95076
Total Acres
39.1
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
Hwy 1
Railways
UPRR
Airports
Watsonville
Schools
Watsonville High: Pajaro Middle School
Waterways
Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek
Township
12S
Range
2E
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
County of Santa Cruz
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
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